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30/07/2021

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Read The Handoff issue sent on Jul 30, 2021. The Handoff is a roundup of the biggest news in healthcare and nursing, summarized for you. Here's the most recent!

16/07/2021

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Read The Handoff issue sent on Jul 16, 2021. The Handoff is a roundup of the biggest news in healthcare and nursing, summarized for you. Here's the most recent!

09/07/2021

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Read The Handoff issue sent on Jul 09, 2021. The Handoff is a roundup of the biggest news in healthcare and nursing, summarized for you. Here's the most recent!

02/07/2021

Looking for updates on all things nursing and healthcare? Check out this morning's Handoff Newsletter to learn about:

1. highest life expectancy in the US
2. the damage caused by loneliness
3. using VR to address healthcare inequities
4. the challenges posed by the growing Delta variant

And more!
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Read The Handoff issue sent on Jul 02, 2021. The Handoff is a roundup of the biggest news in healthcare and nursing, summarized for you. Here's the most recent!

11/06/2021

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Read The Handoff issue sent on Jun 11, 2021. The Handoff is a roundup of the biggest news in healthcare and nursing, summarized for you. Here's the most recent!

28/05/2021

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Read The Handoff issue sent on May 28, 2021. The Handoff is a roundup of the biggest news in healthcare and nursing, summarized for you. Here's the most recent!

12/05/2021

Back at it again! 👟


https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/us/crocs-healthcare-workers-donate-again-trnd/index.html

Crocs is once again stepping up to help healthcare workers during the pandemic.

12/05/2021

As part of our nurses-first mission, Trusted is releasing its second annual report on the mental health and well-being of frontline nurses. This year, we’ve expanded on the initial report to look at the specific impact of the pandemic on nurses’ physical and mental health and how their experiences over the last year have impacted their career plans.

Our goal in releasing this data is to highlight the ongoing challenges that nurses are facing, even as much of the public discourse moves to vaccines, variants and the end of the pandemic, and to serve as a rallying cry for nursing leaders and the healthcare industry as a whole.

Learn more below:
https://www.trustedhealth.com/blog/nurse-mental-health-report-2021

Nurse Mental Health Report 2021 - The State of Nursing Mental Health Trusted has released its second annual report on the mental health and well-being of frontline nurses. This year, we look at career plans.

07/05/2021

Happy Nurses Week 2021! 🥳

If you missed this morning's Handoff newsletter (and information about timely discounts and freebies for Nurses Week), you can still read it in full below!

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Read The Handoff issue sent on May 07, 2021. The Handoff is a roundup of the biggest news in healthcare and nursing, summarized for you. Here's the most recent!

30/04/2021

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Read The Handoff issue sent on Apr 30, 2021. The Handoff is a roundup of the biggest news in healthcare and nursing, summarized for you. Here's the most recent!

22/04/2021

Nurses are always looking for ways to expand their knowledge and skills. Today, more patients have access to cannabis than ever before, and they have questions about using it properly.

With federal decriminalization possible within the next few years, nurses must be prepared to meet the needs of their patients. Whether you’re looking to incorporate cannabis knowledge into your current practice or start your own consulting, you must start with foundational knowledge in the cannabinoidWith federal decriminalization possible within the next few years, nurses must be prepared to meet the needs of their patients.

Whether you’re looking to incorporate cannabis knowledge into your current practice or start your own consulting, you must start with foundational knowledge in the cannabinoid sciences.


https://www.trustedhealth.com/blog/what-is-cannabis-nursing

What Is Cannabis Nursing? What’s entailed in cannabis nursing, what does it take to get involved, and how can you get started? Here's what you should know.

22/04/2021

As more Americans are vaccinated and the numbers of infections and many places are seeing a decline, there is a small but growing number of individuals testing positive for COVID-19 weeks after receiving their second dose.

The CDC recently released a report that almost 6,000 people had tested positive, or fallen ill, for COVID-19 at least two weeks or more after receiving their second doses.

These aptly titled "breakthrough infections" are occurring in people of all ages, with the majority occurring in females and individuals 60 and older. Of this number, 30% appeared asymptomatic, but 7% were hospitalized and about 1% have died due to the virus.

While certainly not what we want to see, keep in mind that 6,000 breakthrough cases of the more than 84,000,000 Americans vaccinated accounts for an incredibly low number, and the vaccine still appears to be making a positive impact in controlling the spread of the virus.


https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-04-19/the-shock-and-reality-of-catching-covid-after-a-vaccine

A tiny but growing number of Americans are contending with the disturbing experience of getting COVID-19 despite having had one shot, or even two.

16/04/2021

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09/04/2021

Have a great weekend, everyone! 🎉

"My therapist told me 'Just because you have free time doesn't mean you are available.' I know someone else needs to hear that message today." - Dr. Jamele Watkins () // https://buff.ly/3dKAavH

09/04/2021

Recent data suggests that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe for women who are pregnant (as well as their infants) 🍼

As the gap in data for pregnant women and the vaccine slowly shrinks, current findings are reassuring. As a press briefing earlier this week, Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that, "Things look very good for the association between vaccination and protecting pregnant women from adverse outcomes from themselves and their fetus."

Among the data were the exciting findings that pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 seem able to share, or pass down, immunity to their newborns through both the placenta and breast milk.

This bodes very well for those expecting, and it provides compelling evidence that can be used in discussions with pregnant patients regarding whether or not to get the vaccine.

Emerging data points to safety for women who get a coronavirus shot during pregnancy and protection for their infants as well.

08/04/2021

This week, President Joe Biden announced the goal to have all United States adults eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by April 19.

Prior to this statement, he had shared that all adults would be eligible may May 1. Moving this date up is a positive move in the right direction, but now it's just a matter of whether or not the country can pull it off.

Health experts expect a mad dash by adults everywhere once the eligibility is officially announced, but they're not too concerned, as additional vaccine supplies are on the way, and the U.S. hit a single-day vaccination high on Saturday with 4.1 million vaccines administered.

"[Soon,] we’re going to shift to a very different phase in the vaccine rollout where we will have plenty of doses available,’’ said Jason L. Schwartz, assistant professor of health policy at Yale University.

President Joe Biden previously announced that 90% of adults would be eligible by April 19. Earlier, he had called for access by May 1. COVID-19 news.

08/04/2021

Nursing Informatics incorporates 👩‍💻 computer science (computers and their processes), 🧠 cognitive science (how the brain and nervous system interpret information), 📄 information science (collecting, storage, retrieval, and use of data), and 🩺 nursing science (nursing theory and practice development) into a career that improves clinical efficiency while focusing on patient safety and outcomes.‍

We asked an experienced Nurse Informaticist about her experience. Check it out!

What Does an Informatics Nurse Do? Are you trying to figure which nursing specialty is for you? Today, we're taking a look at what Informatics Nurses do. Here's what you should know!

08/04/2021

Recent studies may provide a breakthrough in what we know as the best practices around prescribing antibiotics. An over-reliance on antimicrobial use in the United States is a major healthcare issue, especially as overuse may contribute to antibiotic resistance.

To be exact, overuse entails the reliance on antibiotics for unnecessarily long durations in cased of common infections, such as COPD exacerbation, CAP, UTIs, and cellulitis. The verdict?

In most cases, antibiotics need only be administered for 3-5 days depending on severity. This contrasts slightly with the average antibiotic cycle of 5–14 days.


https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-7355

Description: Antimicrobial overuse is a major health care issue that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Such overuse includes unnecessarily long durations of antibiotic therapy in patients with ...

03/04/2021

After completing a clinical trial with adolescents aged 12–15, Pfizer-BioNTech states that their COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective and well tolerated.

Pfizer will share their results with the FDA and await approval for emergency authorization use, as has already been done for those 16 and older in the United States. Common side effects—pain at the injection site, fatigue, and some fever were recorded, but they seems to line up with the side effects exhibited by those between the ages of 16–25.

With some luck, Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital, believes that we'll see children 12 and older ready to receive vaccinations by the fall.

Clinical trial results of Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine show it is 100% efficacious and well tolerated in youths 12-15.

02/04/2021

Good news for those still waiting to be eligible for their COVID-19 vaccines, as more than 12 states are ready to expand vaccine eligibility to all adults (16+) this week.

As of last Monday, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, North Dakota ,and Kansas made the move, while Illinois, Minnesota, Connecticut, Arizona, California, and Colorado are close behind (if not already making some exceptions)!

However, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke on Monday, sharing worry of "impending doom" regarding a potential fourth wave of infections as US cases rose 10% over the last week. She confirmed that vaccines are, indeed, on the way, but that people please wait to relax preventative measures and begin traveling again.

More than a dozen states are set to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults this week

01/04/2021

A recent study led by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that across 44 children's hospitals in the United States, the number of pediatric patient hospitalized for respiratory illness is down 62%.

Additionally, deaths in children due to the flu have fallen from about 150 to one during the 2020-2021 flu season. Adults are also seeing similar patterns, as US deaths from the flu among adults—usually reaching the thousands—are remaining in the hundreds.

For example, in 2018-2019 (a "moderate" year of flu activity) nearly 34,000 Americans died from the flu. That's a 3,300% decrease in flu deaths in 2020-2021!

So, what do you think? Is this a reason to continue normalizing the use of masks during particularly bad cold and flu seasons?


https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/03/30/981303287/should-masking-last-beyond-the-pandemic-flu-and-colds-are-down-spurring-a-debate

Hospitalizations are down 62% for childhood respiratory illnesses, a study shows. Masking and physical distancing are keeping a variety of viruses in check, but will these behaviors last?

26/03/2021

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25/03/2021

Last Sunday, the TSA saw over 1.5 million travelers pass through airports nationally. This is the highest amount seen in over a year, and the 11th consecutive day of over 1 million screening per day.

Following this data, the CDC urges travelers to hold off on taking trips, as spring break and an already growing numbers of cases in more than half the states takes off. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says, "We're so close to vaccinating so many more people [...] I would just encourage people and remind people: Now is not the time to travel."
The CDC is continuing its work and updates on guidelines for vaccinated individuals specifically.

The U.S. has seen a slight uptick in its seven-day average of new cases, and the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of an avoidable surge.

25/03/2021

Since the beginning of the pandemic a little over a year ago, billions of lives have been upended in almost every way you can imagine. Now, the WHO and other health experts are warning of a mental health crisis to ensue, following global increases in anxiety, depression, and distress.

Prior to COVID-19, nearly one billion people globally reported suffering from some kind of mental health issue, while 264 million were afflicted specifically by depression (with su***de being the second-leading cause of death for young people). At the inception of COVID-19, the majority of mental health services were halted in 93% of countries globally.

Since then, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has stated these these effects would last for years to come, and that "each and every individual on the surface of the world [...] has been affected." Columbia University recently released a study revealing that pre-COVID-19 levels of depression and anxiety were reported by upwards of 10% of country's population, but today, these same results have grown to up to 24% of the country.

We can hope that the worst of the virus, itself, is behind us, but we've still got a ways to go before we can confidently say that peoples' mental health has returned to pre-pandemic levels.

The World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic could have a years-long effect on mental health.

24/03/2021

People have a general desire for financial independence at all stages of life. We all recognize that an increased financial independence gives us the luxury of more options and the ability to build that future for ourselves.

Where does this leave people who know they should do more for themselves but haven’t quite gotten started? Or those who have money in various financial instruments but aren’t sure if they’re choosing wisely? Many of us would like to bring a sense of order and purpose to our financial lives.

In this article, financial professional Morrayna Gaskins discusses some key financial concerns for nurses in particular.

Financial Checkup for Nurses Not all checkups are medical. It’s time for your yearly financial checkup. As a nurse, here's what you should review when it comes to your finances.

24/03/2021

Robert Fogarty—founder of the nonprofit dearworld.org, where the goal is "[telling] the stories of our time"—recently published a new project in honor and reflection of all that nurses have experienced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

This new project, entitled "Dear Nurses," is meant to capture this through poignant portraits of nurses and first responders across the board: "[Some of the photos] evoke hope and resilient spirits. Some are in memory of a lost patient. All are about the trials of having dealt with the sudden onslaught of COVID-19 in New Orleans last spring."

The project was sponsored by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and also entails a short documentary of these nurses at work and home, dealing with the challenges of the times.


https://buff.ly/3cZe9Jd

dearworld.org is a 501c3 non-profit organization that connects communities through meaningful storytelling experiences.

23/03/2021

The need for additional behavioral health services has slowly been increasing over the last few decades, but the pandemic has hastened this need. And despite the demand, the overall access to care has not kept up with the growing need.

Due to the pandemic, the growing gap between need and supply will soon, if not already, reach an all-time high. Particularly recently, emergency departments are seeing increases in patients with behavioral health issues, especially in children and young adults. Between April–October 2020, hospitals experienced a 24% increase in mental health visits to the emergency department for children ages 5–11 as well as a 31% increase for children ages 12–17.

This is largely due to the pandemic's various effects on daily life, which is manifesting itself in the increasing number of people who are deferring care for behavioral problems. This will only lead to more health issues later down the road, unless we see a change in the way payers and providers adjust and utilize available resources.

The healthcare system is facing an onslaught of patients with new and worsening conditions due the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is nowhere near ready to accommodate them.

22/03/2021

"While the research is still in its early stages, the new drug called basal insulin Fc (BIF) is given once a week and appears to be just as effective at controlling blood sugar (glucose) as insulin degludec, the gold standard once-a-day shot."


https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-03-22/coming-soon-once-a-week-insulin-injections

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19/03/2021

We're excited to share a brand new resource with you all — our Nurse Salary Guide! 💰 🩺

The guide is one of the most (if not *the* most) comprehensive nursing salary resources, providing detailed information on nursing salaries across states, cities, and specialties in the US!

Information included for each state:
(1) Highest Paying Cities For Travel Nurses
(2) Highest Paying Cities For Registered Nurses (Staff)
(3) Highest Paying Nurse Specialties
(4) Cost of Living
(5) Job Growth for Nurses

Check it out! 👇
https://www.trustedhealth.com/nurse-salary-guide

Are you thinking about pursuing a career in nursing? You may be asking yourself, "How much do nurses make?" Or maybe you're already working as a registered nurse and are looking to relocate to another state, in which case, you'd want to know which states pay nurses the most.

18/03/2021

We all remember back in nursing school when we were told to stay current in our practice and were recommended to subscribe to some sort of nursing journal?

Yes, doing so can still be very beneficial, but times have changed and there are now SO many alternative resources out there as well. And by resources, I mean nurse influencers and bloggers. Through many of these personalities, you can find nursing education and lifestyle, wellness, and beauty tips.

Some even have great nursing communities to share ideas and questions with. Here’s our list of the top 15 nurse bloggers that you should follow!

Top 15 Nurse Bloggers and Influencers Here are the top 15 nurse bloggers and nursing influencers. Looking for trailblazing nurses to follow? Here’s your guide!